It is usually really hot by now but the rain is keeping it in the 50's at night and 60's during the day.
Did Sam's yesterday and bought hard and I mean hard canteloupe and mango slices- should have ot whole ones and let them ripen myself. Any idea how to soften them? I soften some pears once in the micro but mine isn't working. Maybe a liht pan heating on the top of the stove???
Burned plastic but ot 3 big beefsteak toms to plant.
Blew my eating up in a blaze of glory or gorey! Double Whopper/cheese; sweet peach tea; a cup of van. soft serve. I am still miserable. What was I thinking???
So many dreary days (yet again today with liht rain) makes me do crazy stuff.
bbl have a good day everyone.
e.

I have been offline for a few days. The tv still worked so I was ok!! I could get to some things on my phone but glad the laptop is up and running again. The cable guy came and replaced all the wires from the pole to the computer. Had to have a crew come out and take care of something else at the pole. They told me it could be 10 days but they came early this morning. The phone was down, too, so no phone no alarm monitoring. I get nervous without my alarm!

Would love to go to Italy, Michele. I hope you had a BLAST.

Must run to the store now that all my waiting for service techs is over.

BBL
Anne

PS. In honor of Mother's Day my new Avi is my mother and me when I was about Maggie's age.

Immmediately after I posted yesterday, all the power went out for over 4 hours. We ran our generator which kept the refrigerator going and the fan after we switched to our propane heater, but even after the power came back on, Comcast was out until dinner time, so no TV internet or phone.

So though we got some gardening done, most of day was ruined. Grrr. Today will be another day.

__________________"In the beginning, the sun, the air, the water were life enhancing and sustaining--and it was good. In many areas of the Earth today, they carry health warnings".
a saying by Maggie MacRaven

Gladys, I love the great advice you posted yesterday. I hope that those you were writing to read it.
I had an 8 a.m. appt. to have blood drawn today. Wouldn't you know that when I woke up, it was exactly 7:29! Even though I know they will take you anytime, I wanted to keep that appt. Can you believe I dressed, etc., and drove ten miles and got there exactly on time--From there went grocery shopping, to the bank, and to Staples. All without eating anything. Anyways, got back about 10:30. Looks like showers for today.
See y'all later....

Hi, I'm new to the board. My name is Karen, I am 55 and live in the St. Louis area.

I've been dieting all my life, and have a terrible history of yo-yoing 100's of pounds, especially when I was unenlightened and doing low fat (did weight watchers in the 80's, jenny craig, nutrisystem and phen-fen in the 90's). I switched to low carb in the early 2000's, after being diagnosed with diabetes.

Gosh, there's so much I've been through, experienced, and learned over the years, I'm struggling to be selective to keep my intro short! lol

Okay, let's skip a bunch of failed attempts and go to 2007-08, when I low carbed to a goal of 180 but once again couldn't maintain it when menopause hit. Over the next few years. I slowly put all that back on, despite numerous and repeated attempts to stop the gain by doing what had worked so well to lose it in the first place. It just wasn't working any more.

Then in late 2011, my health was so poor and my diabetes so out of control, that I knew I had to once again get strict with the low carb, just to save my health, whether I lost any weight or not. Shortly after that re-dedication, I learned about hcg, and started doing serious research on why maintenance is near-impossible for the morbidly and super-obese and how hcg might be a game-changer. What I learned was a real eye-opener, and changed how I do everything.

I became unwilling to lose without hcg in my system (putting all my eggs in the basket that hcg works the way it's hypothesized to: by preventing the down-regulation of hormones and metabolism that regular long-term weight loss may cause that leads to regain) and alternating months of weight loss with months of maintenance practice, for the same reason.

This has been working for me. I am stable at the lowest weight of my adult life, and succeeding at maintenance for the first time ever. I would like to try for an even lower number, 155, and am planning a round of hcg beginning in Mid-May, upon completing my current round of maintenance.

Anyway, that's my diet history as close to a nutshell as I could get it! I would love to make and get to know some friends here.

Welcome to our little group, Karen. Hopefully you have read all of the studies on hcg.

Yes. Yes I have. From sources far more knowledgeable than the Mayo Clinic, who BTW, has nothing good to say about low carb, either! lol

I've done 7 rounds of hcg in between following a lowcarb lifestyle, and it's the first time I'm succeeding at maintenance. I'm happy I kept an open mind and dug deeper into the research than mainstream. Same as when a doctor years ago told me not to do low carb, it was dangerous, Atkins killed people.

Yes, as with many diets, time will tell how long it will all last, keep on trucking, Karen, life can swing a bat at you when you least expect it. We have been fighting this stuff for a long time, in different ways. It ain't over till it's over

Julie, you are one of my hero's, lol, what a busy day!!

Linda, I'm glad your plastic surgeon found you healing well.

Howdy, Anne, always something is what we are experiencing now. Bummer!

Begete, isn't the power off maddening, ours went out this afternoon, used the generator to watch the soccer game though, but internet won't work because the hub is located where the power outage comes from.

Gladys, did you get the grass mowed? Hope so!

Hi Susan, what is your work schedule, do you have to go in Sunday, again?

Howdy Lainey, you are getting alot of gardening things going again, to make you smile when you see things grow!! Happy for YOU!

We are still looking for houses, some of them have sold in 4 hrs., we never got a chance to even offer!! Tonight, son and dil will look at 2, and make a bigger offer than list price, if they find a good one, that is. dh doesn't care anymore, if it ain't falling apart, he is good to go, lol.

Good afternoon/evening all, finally made it back from the VA with head aching and tail dragging...pooped! and after a really good night's sleep. I musta slept seven hours without getting up for anything, or being disturbed by the fur kids. Musta needed it.

The hospital was both frustrating and satisfying...I was supposed to do a fasting blood test today so it was up and outta here without a cuppa. It's about a half hour drive there then around the parking lot for over an hour (they have truly horrible parking) then up to the lab...no order for the test so it was all worthless. I went early only because of the blood test. I was so frustrated I ate breakfast (on a down day) and didn't regret it one bit, tho' the calories will be high today, oh well.

Good news with the eye doc, tho', after waiting two hours to be seen (I was called in at my appointment time) and two hours later after all the checks, the eyes have changed enough (and seem to be stabilized, although the cornea is still a bit swollen) that I have new eye glasses coming I've a copy of the 'script so I can get sunglasses, too although I did find a great pair that go over the glasses at Wally World for only $24. Looking forward to getting the new glasses.

Karen...as you will see if you stick around a bit, we have different ways of eating around here and each of us have discovered or are discovering our way to success. Glad to have a new friend in the midwest and hope you tarry a while with us...

Lainey, I hope I understand your quandry with the melon and mango...they're both sliced, right? If so, there's not much to do to soften them up...of course, if they're whole you know how to ripen them. You might try adding them to your morning smoothie...or chop 'em up fairly finely and toss with some other fruit to make a good fruit salad. I've decided I'll not buy melon except in season as I've had very bad luck with the South American fruit...seems they pick 'em even greener than our folks. Don't worry about the meal today...did you say you were going to start JUDDDing again this month? If so, be cautious, I understand it is tricky for a diabetic and since you're taking new medications for it, you might reconsider.

Well, if you've made it through this post, good on you...just had to run off to relieve some of my frustration...also, kinda worried about my cousins in Cherry Valley as they seem to be in the path of a huge fire burning out of control...adding my prayers to theirs for the great firefighters we have out here. It's kinda early for the fires but since it's been such a dry year, I'm sure it won't the last.